Gateway on Pesticide Hazards and Safe Pest Management
Picloram
General Information
- Fact Sheet: Picloram.pdf
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Pyridine compound herbicide
- Uses: Control of deeply rooted herbaceous weeds and woody plants in rights-of-way, forestry, rangelands, pastures, and small grain crops.
- Alternatives: Least-Toxic invasive weed managment, Organic agriculture
- Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not documented
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Yes (7)
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (11)
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (8)
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- Detected in Groundwater: Yes (8)
- Potential Leacher: Yes (8)
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
- The Safer Choice (Beyond Pesticides)
- Montana's War on Weeds (Beyond Pesticides)
- NCAP Picloram Factsheet (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
- PAN Pesticides Database:Picloram (Pesticide Action Network)
- Scorecard Picloram Factsheet (The Pollution Information Site)